The morning of January 25 started off with a chill as the freezing winds cascaded between the skyscrapers of New York. Yet even the harsh winter winds couldn’t dampen the youthful warmth and energy that was present in Eastern Diocese’s mother cathedral
Today, the Armenian Church calendar remembers St. Vahan of Goghtn: an 8th-century saint whose life of exile, wandering, and faithful defiance of persecution, speak to the larger story of the Armenian people.
Parishes of the Eastern Diocese offered a special prayer for victims of the California wildfires. Read it here.
Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan was among the distinguished church leaders from throughout New York City, who gathered for the city’s annual “Prayer Service for Christian Unity.”
In a message to Diocesan leaders earlier this month, Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan urged the faithful to lend aid to the victims of the California wildfires, by supporting the outreach efforts of our sister Western Diocese.
